Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Politics fundamentally revolves around acquiring and allocating power.
- In plain terms
- Politics is about who gets power.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand power dynamics in politics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can politics exist without power?
- Is power always corrupting?
Another view
It reduces politics to cynicism rather than service.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
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